The Independent Institute hosts numerous events to encourage discussion and understanding of key issues in current affairs, public policy and political economy. Most are held either at the Institute’s conference center in Oakland, California. At each event, distinguished and well-known scholars, policy experts and others speak at length about important issues and answer questions from the audience.

At this special event, Mollie Hemingway will reveal the true story of what really happened during the Kavanaugh confirmation, based on exclusive interviews of more than 100 peopleincluding President Trump, several Supreme Court justices, high-ranking White House and Department of Justice officials, and dozens of senators.

Is global warming real? Have any such predictions been established scientifically? Would massive carbon taxes and other controls put America and the worldespecially the poorat great risk? Geoscientist Willie Soon and physicist Elliott Bloom will separate fact from fiction.

Join with us for a very special evening with Jordan B. Peterson, renowned author of the international bestseller, 12 Rules for Life. Dr. Petersons work explores the modern world by uniquely combining
the hard-won truths of ancient tradition, how to overcome lifes biggest
obstacles, and how best to improve oneself and society.

Independent Institute hosts special and timely evening with popular Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Tucker reveals the truth about the new American elites, a group whose power and wealth from government privilege have grown beyond imagination even as the rest of the country has floundered.